Breaking the Watch

ISBN-13: 9780801437717 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 304 str.

Joel S. Savishinsky

Opis

This text follows men and women from a rural American community as they approach and experience the first years of retirement. The author focuses on the efforts people make to find meaning in a stage of life American culture often views in a confused or disdainful way. In conversations and stories, 13 men and 13 women demonstrate a deep commitment to defining their own retirement. They bring to their mature years a diversity of backgrounds, interests and responsibilities: they include former teachers, librarians, doctors, farmers, lawyers, bankers, mail carriers and secretaries. Some are divorced or single; many have children and grandchildren; some have neither. Their finances run the gamut from the modest to the munificent, while their health ranges from robust to disabled.